CDC adds 1 destination to 'very high' risk category for travel
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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention added just one new destination, the Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius, to its highest-risk category for travel on Monday.
(CNN) — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention added just one new destination, the Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius, to its highest-risk category for travel on Monday.
The weekly travel risk-level update brought good news for islands clustered in and around the Caribbean Sea with nine destinations -- including the Bahamas, Jamaica and the Dominican Republic -- dropping down one rung from Level 4.
The CDC places a destination at "Level 4: Covid-19 Very High" risk when more than 500 cases per 100,000 residents are registered in the past 28 days.
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